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Driving a truck off the hook

and onto locally sourced bespoke home heating options

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Jim Dalling
Feb 06, 2023
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(on one of the coldest days of the year so far)

****** WARNING SUPER LONG 1000 WORD PLUS SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOOLSLETTER EDITION - CONTENT MAY MEANDER ******

We can put this in the ‘just me or ADHD’ folder.

That is if you’re the kind of person who has folders.

Me?

I have piles. The piles turn into mounds that eventually start to flow. There have been times when avalanche warnings have been issued around my office. Stacking things is a big part of what I do everyday. Whether stacks of index cards,  balancing Bill-ding or bringing wood into my basement, I’m constantly making piles.They all have their own peculiarities. 

I’m the kind of guy who cuts wood like he stacks it - creatively. Oh sure, there are machines that spit out firewood, all the same length and split to similar sizes. Where’s the fun in that?

I like burning wood of all different lengths.I like to put one short, square piece in first. It acts as a pillow . Then I layer on the chunky ones and the cunky ones and the spindly o…

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